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The season openers between the Dallas Cowboys and Philadelphia Eagles and Baltimore Ravens-Buffalo Bills and Detroit Lions-Green Bay Packers are among the most intriguing matchups to launch the 2025 NFL campaign.
The league announced the full 2025 preseason slate for all 32 teams on Wednesday. As is the custom, the Hall of Fame Game will serve as the curtain-raiser. The Detroit Lions and Los Angeles Chargers face off on July 31 at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium in Canton, Ohio.
Detroit's 2025 slate will be a grind, with 11 games against teams that made the playoffs last season. The team will play eight home games and nine on the road, and will be battle-tested throughout the year for what it hopes is another postseason run.
The NFL released its 2025 schedule on May 14, and there were plenty of quirks to tackle on this year's slate. The Kansas City Chiefs and Buffalo Bills dominate the marquee matchups, while the Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles play on nearly every day of the week.
We don't know the 2025 NFL schedule yet but but we do know each team's opponents. Here's how all 32 teams rank by strength of schedule.
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Like everything in life, there were winners and there were losers during the NFL's schedule release on Wednesday. Tyler Sullivan sifted through all 272 games on the schedule to try and figure out who came out of the schedule release as a winner and who came out as a loser, and here's what he came up with: